如何讲一口地道的美语

 　　see things in black and white 把什么问题看的过于简单,刻板

　　Eg: I'm seeing things in black and white , you're either with us or against us. 我把一切都看清楚了，要么你站在我这边，要么就反对我。

　　Eg : You have to stop seeing things in black and white, there are many ways to look at a situation. 你不应该如此简单的看待问题，因为有许多方法的。

　　save the day 拯救...的一天;帮....很大的忙(引申)力挽狂澜

　　例：Our team was losing the game until Duren scored 3 goals in a row ! I saved the day. 直到duran连进仨球力挽狂澜，我们队才不至于输掉比赛。

　　all talk 光说不做

　　例：You're all talk , There's no way you got five girls phone numbers tonight . 嘿!你在吹牛呢。 今晚你不可能弄到5个女孩子的电话号码。

　　You think you can beat me at tennis ? You're all talk , I've seen you play , and I can beat you playing with my left hand. 你认为能在网球比赛中击败我。你简直是吹牛。我看过你的比赛，我能用左手击败你!

　　give sth a shot¹ 尝试

　　例：I'm not sure If I'll be able to help you with your homework , but I 'll give it a shot . 我不能确定能否帮助你写家庭作业。但是我会去试试的。

　　You're not really qualified² for this job , but I like you ,so I'll give you a shot . 你不是很胜任这项工作。可我喜欢你。所以我会给你这个机会的。

　　ugly display 行为恶劣

　　例：Can you believe the ugly display, he put on at the dinner party last night? He kept saying the food was bad. 你能相信昨晚他在餐会上的劣行吗?他一直在抱怨菜的质量。

　　kick yourself 自责

　　例：I know you're upset about failing that test, but stop kicking yourself , you tried your best.我知道你在为考试失利而难过，但是你别再自责了。因为你已经尽力了。

　　think twice 仔细考虑 ,再三考虑

　　他企图让我们再三考虑放过他。

　　I took the job as soon as they offered it , I didn't even think twice.

　　他们一给我提供了这个工作我就参加了，我都没加考虑。

　　itch³ to do something 迫不及待做...热切期望

　　例：Oh, man, I'm itching⁴ to get off work , I have a hot date tonight .

　　噢，先生。我已经迫不及待要下班了。今晚我有个很棒的约会啊!

　　pull something off 克服困难做成某事

　　例：I don't know how we're gonna pull this meeting off , we still don't have all the facts. 我真不知道我们该如何把会开下去。我们又没有任何数据。

　　leave somebody hanging 把....晾在一边,不理睬

　　例：Why didi you ignore me at the part last night? 昨晚你为什么忽略了我?

　　I can't believe you left me hanging . 我简直不能相信你能将我置之不理。

　　They never told me why they turned down my appointment they just left me hanging. 他们没对外婆解释为何拒绝我。他们只是把我晾在了一边。

　　play dumb⁵ 装傻

　　例：Stop playing dumb! I know you know who ate the last piece of cake . 别再装傻了!我知道你清楚是谁吃的最后一块蛋糕。

　　When the police get here, Let's play dumb, I don't want to get in trouble for something I didn't do. 警察来这时，咱们得装傻。我可不想卷入麻烦，我可什么都没做啊!

　　turn on the charm⁶ 施展,释放魅力

　　eg : If you want girl to like you. 如果你想让女孩喜欢你。

　　You'd better turn on the charm . 你就要施展你的魅力喽。

　　prank⁷: 恶作剧

　　eg : We're hiding our teacher's bike from her . 我们把老师的自行车藏起来了。

　　It was a great prank ! 真是一个太棒的恶作剧啊!

　　She was looking for it for hours . 她已经找了好几个小时了.

　　play a prank 恶作剧

　　Eg : You guys better stop playing those prank on your sister . 你们几个家伙最好别欺负你妹妹了!

　　bigger fish to fry 有更重要的事情要办

　　Eg : I can't waste my time in this dead end job . 我再也不想把时间僵在这工作上了。

　　I've got bigger fish to fry . 我要去办更有意义的事情。

　　Eg : I don't care if I get into BeiDa . 我不在乎是否被北大录取。

　　I've got bigger fish to fry . 我还有远大前程呢!

　　I'm going to UCCA . 我即将去南加洲了。

　　phase⁸ 一个人一生中必经阶段

　　例：I went through a phase in high school where I dyed⁹ my hair bright purple. 上高中时我经历了一个将头发染成紫色的阶段。

　　I'm in a phase of my life , when I really need to focus¹⁰ on my career . 我要历经生活中的必经阶段，那就是我必须要全身心投入到我的工作中。

1 shot   

n.炮弹，射击，射手；v.射击，发出，发芽；vbl.射击，发出，发芽

参考例句：

• He shot a wild duck.他射中一只野鸭。
• All the children shot out their hands for the money.所有的孩子突然伸出手来要钱。

2 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

3 itch   

n.痒，渴望，疥癣；vi.发痒，渴望

参考例句：

• Shylock has an itch for money.夏洛克渴望发财。
• He had an itch on his back.他背部发痒。

4 itching   

adj.贪得的，痒的，渴望的v.发痒( itch的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The itching was almost more than he could stand. 他痒得几乎忍不住了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• My nose is itching. 我的鼻子发痒。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 dumb   

adj.哑的；不会说话的；笨的；愚蠢的

参考例句：

• She is very kind to the dumb children.她对哑童非常好。
• It was dumb of you to say that.你说这种话太愚蠢了。

6 charm   

vt.使着迷，使陶醉；n.招人喜欢之处，魅力

参考例句：

• With all imperfections the short play has a real charm.尽管有不少缺欠，这出小戏仍颇具魅力。
• He could resist her charm no longer.他再也抗拒不住她的魅力。

7 prank   

n.开玩笑，恶作剧；v.装饰；打扮；炫耀自己

参考例句：

• It was thought that the fire alarm had been set off as a prank.人们认为火警报警器响是个恶作剧。
• The dean was ranking the boys for pulling the prank.系主任正在惩罚那些恶作剧的男学生。

8 phase   

n.相位，时期，局面，阶段；vt.逐步执行，实行，按计划进行

参考例句：

• The first phase of the project has been completed.第一期工程已经告一段落。
• It was a very important phase of history.它是一个非常重要的历史阶段。

9 dyed   

给…上色，着色( dye的过去式和过去分词 )； 能染上颜色

参考例句：

• She dyed her hair blonde. 她把头发染成了金黄色。
• He'd dyed his hair, which was almost unheard-of in the 1960s. 他染了头发，这在20世纪60年代是罕见的事。

10 focus   

n.焦点，焦距；vi.聚焦，注视；vt.使聚焦，调焦，集中

参考例句：

• She was the focus of everyone's attention.她是大家注意的焦点。
• The noise made it hard for me to focus on work.噪音让我无法集中注意力工作。